"I haven't seen you for two years, and I'm looking a lot better, well, I've grown a lot taller, which really makes my sister happy......" Charlotte patted her sister's shoulder gently, "It's so polite, and I specially brought tea to my sister...... Uh-huh, that's embarrassing......"

As she spoke, she also looked at Charles behind Fran, with a playful look in her eyes.

Fran quietly broke free from her sister's embrace, and then replied with a smile.

"Well, you are a guest when you come to our house, and of course we have to be polite to our guests!" The tone was still so cheerful.

Charles looked at the two sisters who were talking happily, and there was a faint sense of surprise in his heart. At that time, Fran didn't seem to like this cousin very much, and often threw some childish tantrums at her - it was very rare for Fran, who had always been well-behaved, to happen.

However, perhaps because she has grown up in the past two years, Fran is now very polite and attentive to Charlotte.

It can be seen that Fran has grown up and is sensible. He felt a little relieved in his heart.

Fran suddenly turned her head and asked Charles. "What were you talking about? Why are you so excited? Even the hands were pulled together......"

The sister's eyes were a little strange, but Charles didn't think much of it. "Oh, nothing, it's just some personal matter." He went straight to the past.

Then he thanked Charlotte. "Charlotte, I'll pay more attention to what you say, no matter what, in short, thank you for the reminder......"

Charlotte saw that Charles had no interest in continuing the conversation after Fran came in, so she didn't bring it up again, she sat back down, then picked up her teacup and took a sip. "Well, it's really good tea, you still like to use tea from the East."

"It's just a little personal interest." Charles replied casually, and he took a long sip of his cup of tea from the tray.

As soon as he swallowed it, he didn't feel right, so salty! He almost threw up, and it took a lot of effort to hold back.

This...... Is Fran doing it wrong? It feels like a big spoonful of salt has been sprinkled in a teacup, and there is nothing else to taste like it is bitter.

Could it be that Charlotte drank this kind of tea as well? Charles couldn't help but sneak a glance at Charlotte, but there was nothing wrong with her expression, and it seemed that there was no problem with the tea she drank.

In retrospect, Charlotte's cup of tea was deliberately placed directly in front of Fran, probably just to avoid being mistaken......

It seems that this is a "deliberate poisoning" incident.

Charles glanced at his sister next to him, and saw that Fran was also looking at him covertly, with a mocking sneer in her eyes.

This sister is really ...... Just now I praised her for growing up and being sensible, but it was completely in vain!

Charles scolded inwardly, then gave her a look of "I'll clean you up later" when I'm free.

Fran was not afraid at all, and directly turned her face away with disdain.

Weishenme didn't let the ugliness of the family be publicized like this, Charles gritted his teeth and drank the bitter salty tea, and decided in his heart that he must teach his sister a good lesson after Charlotte left.

"What's wrong, Charles?" Seeing that there was something wrong with both Charles and Fran's expressions, Charlotte couldn't help but be a little curious.

"Oh, nothing." Charles barely managed to squeeze out an ugly smile, "Seeing that Fran is so obedient and sensible, I decided to give her some rewards later......"

He deliberately accentuated the reward.

Fran just snorted softly in response.

"Fran has indeed grown up." Charlotte responded, but seemed to mean something. "Remember when she was a kid? One Christmas, when I was hanging out with you, she had to follow, and you said you wouldn't take her, and she kept crying......"

My sister seems to be reminiscing about the past, and she seems to be mocking something, and I'm afraid that only girls can understand what girls say.

"Hmm...... yes, I remember it too. She was crying so much...... Zuihou still can't take her out with him. Charles also remembered something, and couldn't help but smile again, "But after going out, she didn't look like she was having a good time, she just ran after us, and then she accidentally got the snow into your clothes, and everyone went home without much fun...... Later, I heard that you almost caught a cold......"

"Well, it's accidental...... "Charlotte still had that vague smile on her face." Also, it wasn't like it, but I really caught a cold when I got home, but fortunately it wasn't serious and it healed quickly. ”

Looking at her sister's calm smile, Fran's face suddenly stiffened. Then she suddenly turned to look at Charles.

"Sir, you just had a letter......

"Letter? Who sent it? Charles hurriedly asked.

"Sent from Calais, the envelope did not have a name written on it, just a capital A." Fran replied.

Oh? Here it comes? Charles's mood suddenly relaxed.

This is the haode code that he and Albert agreed to send a letter as soon as things are almost done over there, and now he has finally arrived.

"Give me the letter." He hurriedly said.

"The letter is in the porter, I didn't bring it." Fran replied coldly. "By the way, there are other letters, sent from Miss Perriat."

"That's right." Charles stood up, then nodded to his cousin. "Well, Charlotte, I have some other things to do, so you can play around here first."

He was also happy to leave his cousin who made him a little embarrassed for a while.

Charlotte blinked, signaling that it was okay.

Charles then walked out of the small reception room.

Charlotte watched Charles leave, and then continued to drink tea quietly, while Fran lowered her head and her eyes flickered.

At this moment, there was an eerie silence in the reception room.

As Charlotte was about to finish her tea, Fran finally couldn't help but speak. She looked up at her sister with a serious, almost stern look.

"Weishenme is still coming? Didn't you make your brother sad enough? ”

Charlotte still had a faint smile on her face.

"Sad? I feel like he's okay. ”

"That's because I've been comforting him!" Fran scolded sharply, although he could lower his voice, but the disgust and resentment in his tone were unmistakably conveyed to the other party, "And if you really want to speak for him, you shouldn't bother him anymore, right?" ”

Charlotte smiled, but there was a hint of fierceness in her eyes.

"Is it to bother him anymore, or to bother you anymore?"

Fran was speechless for a moment, and a hint of crimson flashed across her face.

Charlotte Zuihou took a sip and drank the tea.

"Since you were a child...... I felt that something was wrong, every time I stayed with Charles, you would do everything you could to sabotage and make sure we couldn't be happy - just like today. Was this an unintentional coincidence, or was it intentional? Charlotte stared at the teacup on the table, not looking at Fran, "Which one do you say?" Miss Treville? I suppose everyone but the brother who is blind because of his doting can give a correct answer, right? ”

Fran's breathing was a little short.

"It doesn't matter, though, you're Charles' sister, the only sister, anyway, so I can tolerate your level of offense, even if you continue to play happily for decades after I'm with Charles. But...... If this boring and useless preoccupation of yours gets Charles into trouble and danger, it will not be tolerated. ”

"Dangerous?" Hearing this, Fran suddenly forgot everything else and looked at her sister anxiously. "What's going on?"

"Nothing, I'm just talking about a hypothesis." Charlotte remembered Charles's admonition and felt a little speechless, so she smiled lightly and changed the subject. "If I'm here to talk to Charles about something very important, aren't you causing trouble for him?"

Fran bit her lip and stopped talking.

Looking at Fran's appearance, Charlotte is no longer pressing, after all, she is also her sister, maybe she will get along for a long time in the future, there is no need to talk too much about it now.

Of course, it is better to marry far away, and it would be great if you could marry in Russia or America.

It was only after a long time that Fran spoke with some difficulty.

"I know, my brother has been doing something dangerous...... He never told me, but I could tell...... However, my brother was afraid that I would know ...... Surely you know something, right? Can you tell me ......?"

"But, dear sister, I don't know anything." Charlotte replied with a smile.

Fran was a little anxious.

“weishenme！ weishenme, you won't tell me anything! ”

"Maybe it's for you." Charlotte replied softly.

"But I really want to help him!" Fran almost shouted, "Do you think that making me happy by not knowing anything is just treating me like a child...... I'm old enough to help him! So...... So, tell me, okay? ”

Looking at the girl who was almost out of control because she was worried about her brother, Charlotte couldn't help but feel a little touched in her heart, what a sincere brother-sister relationship this is!

Well, for Charles's sake, when the time comes, marry her to Germany or Austria, and go to see her every few years, and give more dowry.

"I think in Charles's eyes, your peace and happiness is the greatest help to him." She replied with a smile. "If he sees you in danger, I promise he'll go crazy."

"You know him......" Fran sighed quietly.

"I've always known him."

"So, weishenme you zuihou are still separated?" Fran looked at her sister with a little malice, "Although my brother never said it, it was still a little sad at that time, I could see ......"

The smile froze, then a mask-like smile lingered on Charlotte's face.

"Now that we're separated, why bother coming to him now?" The malice in Fran's eyes grew stronger. "Haven't you broken enough of his heart?"

"Do you really want to know?" The indifference of the voice startled Fran.

But Fran soon regained her composure. "Of course."

"Because...... Because I can't tolerate, I can't tolerate anything else in his heart besides me, not even France! Charlotte's smile was cold, "I'd rather take France and give it to him than watch him pursue anything but me...... Is this answer enough? Miss Treville? ”

It was decided that she must be married to the Americas. No, marry to China! Marry in Japan! Marry to Siberia!